Debbie Reynolds was a trouper all the way to the end By Ann Hornaday December 29 at 4:39 PM (Nicki DeMarco/The Washington Post) Y ou can almost hear Carrie Fisher’s voice come down from on high: “Really, Mom? You had to upstage me one last time?” Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher in 2011. The instant memorials to Debbie Reynolds came pre-fitted with the word..